Critical care in the emergency department: Monitoring the critically ill patient

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 561-564

  Andrews, Francis J ^a   Nolan, J P ^b  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MONITOR; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE VOLUME; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 33748069436     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.029926     Document Type: Article

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